Scott Adkins BiographyChildhood Born on June 17, 1976 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, Scott Edward Adkins is an English actor and a martial artist at the same time, who grew up on a family working as Butchers for a few decades. Growing up in an average class family, he was raised with pure love by Janet and John Adkins. It also couldn’t be denied that his grandmother came from a Spanish bloodline. He went into Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School as a young boy in Sutton Coldfield. Scott, a playful boy as he was, used to very sneaky after his parents went into the bed just to simply watch late night TV shows or movies most especially when related to action or martial arts. Because of staying up late, he always fell asleep during his classes at school. This clearly shows his strong enthusiasm to martial arts even when he was still young.How Martial Arts Entered His Life Due to his great interest in various sports, Scott developed his skills naturally as an athlete while growing up. At the age of 10, the world of martial arts fascinated the young boy as he was taken by Craig (his brother) and father to a local Judo club around their town. He has been more than devoted to martial arts ever since. He was once assaulted on a bus when he was 13, from which he took his motivation to learn more about self-defense to prevent instances like that happening in the future ever again. When he reached 14, he became more interested in martial arts as he looked up to his idol Bruce Lee. He then started engaging into Taekwondo with Ron Sergiew as his mentor with the Tae Kwon-Do Association of Great Britain (TAGB) for quite some time before he finally got his first ever black belt when he was just 19. Scott also went into an intensive training on kickboxing under his mentor Anthony Jones until he became an expert and a well-trained instructor. On top of that, he also learned the basics of karate, maga, capoeira, jeet kune do, wushu, judo and even gymnastics since he turned 16.Acting Interest When he entered Sutton Coldfield College, Scott decided to enrol in a drama class due to his passion for film and acting through the Hollywood Greats. Scott, who was timid during the first class, used to be really hard to push for an on-stage live acting performance. After a few sessions, his passion and determination overcame his quiet personality. Good thing, after he turned 21, an opening was being offered to him at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art to commend his acting skills. However, he was forced to stop when he failed to pay the school and living expenses on a timely manner. Their family was not really well-off to continue maintain his schooling. At that moment, he was emotionally shattered and crestfallen, thinking that he let the once in a lifetime opportunity slip though his very own hands.Career Break“Extreme Challenge” or “Dei Seung Chui Keung” (2001), a Hong Kong martial arts movie, became Scott’s first ever acting break. Considering the experience as “baptism by fire”, Scott’s skills were effectively honed as they shot a scenario for two days with 14 hours each. His martial arts skills and charisma was spotted by the Head of The Hong Kong Stuntmen Association in collaboration with Bey Logan, an English born Hong Kong movie analyst and director Stephen Tung Wai. Scott was very lucky to work with the famous people in the Hong Kong action industry such as action film directors Sammo Hung, Cory Yeun, Yeun Wo Ping and the world renowned Jackie Chan. One more memorable experience for Scott was the scene he did for “Black Mask 2: City of Masks” (2001) wherein Cory Yuen, the director, challenged him to do a very long kicking combination stunt. As eager as he wanted to provide the best performance, Scott fainted in their hot studio during their shoot. Several more acting roles were offered to him from left and right like his cool appearance in “Doctors”, a BBC show taken at Birmingham’s Pebble Mill. More roles were given to Scott from BBC such as in “City Central” and “Eastenders”. Furthermore, he a lead role was assigned to him in “Mile High”, a Sky One comedy drama and a regular appearance as the assistant general manager of Holby General Bradley Hume in BBC’s “Holby City”.Martial Arts Movies Following his performance as Talbot in “Special Forces” and as Boyka in “Undisputed II: Last Man Standing”, Scott was put into spotlight as he portrayed a Russian MMA underground villain Boyka. This movie is recognized as one of the best Hollywood made films at the present generation. Comprising a series of breathless scenes, fight coordinator JJ Perry in partnership with director Isaac Florentine made Scott and the lead actor Michael Jai White execute outstanding performances. Through this experience, a door opened to many acting opportunities for Scott like a guest starring role in “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “The Tournament”. He also played as Weapon XI in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”. Bagging up the lead role, Scott proved his unremarkable ability in “Ninja” and “Undisputed III: Redemption”.“The Legend of Hercules” (2014) was his latest movie where he played the role of Hercules’ step father, King Amphityron. More movies are lined up for Scott Adkins as he is very busy for filming the scenes in “Special Forces: Wolf Warrior” where he would play the role of Tom Cat, the head villain in the story, through the help of Wu Jing, a director and a martial artist. Scott is continuously supported by his loyal fans due to his positive attributes which captured the hearts of the many such as being humble and giving his best no matter what role is given to him or how his role in the film would end. Truly down-to-earth, he simply makes sure that he provides a quality entertainment to the audience.